Golf-tee.



B. R. BENJAMIN. GOLF TEE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 24. 1916.

1,215,316. Patented Feb. 6, 1917.

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F574 I NT. BY/JA-QK A TTORNE Y BERT B. BENJAMIN, OF OAK PARK, ILLINOIS.

GOLF-TEE.

- Speciflwfion of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, an.

Application filed January 24, 1916. Serial No. 73,966.

tained. A further object of my invention is to provide an improved teeof the sanitary type which may be readily manufactured at reducedexpense. A still further object of my invention is to provide animproved sanitary type tee adapted to be formed in cards comprising aplurality of the tee blanks so that the same may be conyeniently handledand, if desired, the card may be used as a score card, and the teeblanks comprisingthe same may be subse uently severed therefromandconnected an used as tees on following rounds. These and other objects.of my invention will be hereinafter more fully brought out.

In order that my invention may be fully and clearly disclosed, I haveshown for purposes of illustration in the accompanying drawings, oneembodiment which the same may assume in practice.

In these drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a blank from which a tee is formed.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a tee blank having its ends connected in such amanner as to form a tee.

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the tee shown in Fig. 2.

' Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a tee with a ball seated thereon.

Fig. 5 is a plan view of a plurality of severably connected tee blanksof the character shown in Fig. 1 suitably printed and cooperating toform a score card..

The tee shown in these drawings. is

formed from a single straight blank or strip 1 of flexible material,preferably pa er, and provided with oppositely dispo transverse slots orslits 2 adjacent each of its ends f and oppositelyv disposed guidingnotches 3 leading to these slits and provided in the opposite edges ofthe strip; As shown, these slits 2 extend partway across the oppositeends ofthe strip 1 and form oppositely extending wing portions or flaps4 upon the extreme ends of the blank.

When it is desired to form one of the blanks 1 into a tee, the same isbent into cylindrical form until the slits 2 are brought into alinement,one above the other, the flaps 4 then being disposed within the guidingnotched portions 3, whereupon, by simply pushing the ends of the striptogether until movement of the same is limited by the mutual engagementof the ends of the slits 2, a

substantially cylindrical tee is formed having a tubular ball seat andits ends interlocked and connected in such a manner as to preventaccidental displacement.

Attention is here directed to the fact that y through my improvedconstruction a teeis produced which increases the accuracy of the driveordinarily obtainable when using a tee of the sanitary type, the samebeing cylindrical in shape, as distinguished from conical, so that whena ball thereon is struck the far side of the tee may readily turn overor collapse and theta: be bent into an elliptical form in such a manneras to eliminate all resistance to the flight of the ball or to themovement of the club. It will also be noted that due to the improvedconnection between the ends of the blank, while these ends are securelyattached, there is a certain' 7 amount of play permitted between thesame which likewise facilitates this collapsing movement of the tee whenthe ball is struck.

In ractice it has been found that different p ayers use tees ofdifferent heights. I have accordingly provided means whereby my improvedtee may be adapted to support theball at different heights and therebybe adapted to use by all players. I attain this result in my improvedconstruction by pro viding at one end of each strip 1, a plurality ofslits 2 and notches 3 disposed adjacent each' other so that if theplayer desires to use a small tee and thereby lift the ball higher fromthe ground, or a large tee and thereby lower the ball to the ground, hemay do so by simply connecting different sets of slits. Ubviously, whilel have herein only shown a pair of slits at one end of the blank, anydesired number of slits may be used for this purpose and the same may beprovided on either or both ends of the strip, as circumstances may showto be desirable.

In the manufacture of my improved tee a plurality of tee blanks 1 of thecharacter shown in Fig. 1 are preferably formed in a card 5, the members1 being disposed one above the other and severably connected, as bytransversely disposed division lines 6, preferably formed by weakening acard or perforating the same in any approved manner so that theindividual blanks may be torn ofl' when desired. By forming the tees insuch a card I am able not only to provide the tees in convenient formfor handling, but at the same time use the card as a score card, thecard for this purpose being divided vertically into a plurality ofparallel columns suitably marked at the top, as indicated in Fig. 5, toindicate the holes, the distances, the par for the holes, the players.scores, and the like, and the several blanks or strips 1 preferablybeing transversely lined and having the numbers of the holes,

- the yards, the par for the hole, etc, printed thereon in verticalcolumns, in such a-manner as to facilitate the entry of the variousscores and enable a plurality of tee blanks to coiiperate and form astandard score card.

Obviously, this card may be very readily folded in a compact space, ifdesired, by folding the same along the transverse division lines 6 afterthe fashion of an accordion 40 plait, or otherwise, so that it may bereadily will be made serrated by the tearing ofi of the same in such amanner as to provide a serrated ball seat. It will also be noted that inthe manufacture of my improved tee it is possible to make the same by adie which in' a single operation weakens the sheet 5 along the lines 6and simultaneously cuts the slits 2 and notches 3, the card either beingprinted for the score before being operated upon by the die, orafterward, as best suits conditions. It is also to be noted that thetees may be formed of sheets of paper of standard rectangular formwithout any waste whatsoever, the entire sheet being used, and thatfurther economy is produced by the availability of the old score naiaaiecards as tees, the several blanks or str1ps 1 being severable from thecard and adapted to use as tees on following rounds.

While I have in this application specifically described one embodimentwhich my invention may assume in practice, it is, of course, to beunderstood that this embodiment is used for purposes of illustration andthat the invention may be embodied in other forms without departing fromits spirit, it being my intention to include all such modificationswithin the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A golf tee blank comprising a straight strip of flexible materialcarrying means for pivotally connecting its ends.

2. A golf tee blank comprising a straight strip of flexible materialhaving oppositely disposed transverse slits in its opposite 3.. Acylindrical laterally yieldable golf tee formed of a straight strip offlexible material having its ends pivotally connected.

d. A cylindrical golf tee formed of a straight strip of flexiblematerial having cooperating interlocking portions pivotally connectingits ends.

5. A cylindrical golf tee formed of a straight strip of flexiblematerial, having connecting means on its ends permitting relativeangular movement thereof.

6. A golf tee comprising a straight strip of flexible materialhavingoppositely disposed transverse slits in its opposite ends and notchesbetween said slits and leading thereto.

7. A golf tee-having a tubular ball seat and connected ends, and meansfor adjusting the point of connection of said ends to vary the size ofsaid seat.

8. A golf tee of cylindrical form and Mill having interlocking endsinter-engageable in a plurality of positions to vary the elevation ofthe ball.

9. A combined tee card and score card comprising a plurailty ofseverably connected tee members disposed as collectively to form a scorecard. 1

10. A 'combined tee card and score card comprislng a plurality ofseverably connected substantially straight tee blanks.

11. A golf tee card comprising a plurality of severably connectedsubstantially straight flexible tee members, each carrymg means forattaching its ends together.

12. A golf tee.card comprising a plurality of severably connectedflexible tee members, each having interlocking means on its ends.

13. A golf tee card comprising a plurality of severably connectedsubstantially straight flexible tee members, each having I 15. Acombined tee card. and scorecard] oppositely disposed transverse -slitsin its comprising a plurality of substantially v1) opposite ends. 4 7straight severably connectedteemembers,

14. A. combined :te card and score card each being suitably'fimprintedand ,coiiperat- 5- comprising} a plu'rality of severably con-- ing withits fello ws to form a score card. nected tee members carrying portionsof the In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

H BEB,T R; BENJAMIN} scormg indicia andjcoiiperating to form ascorecard.

